Abraham, Terry, 119, 150

Academy of Certified Archivists, 27

AFL, 294–296, 304, 306, 311–312, 318

AFL-CIO, 294–296, 306, 311, 318

Agronsky and Company, 63

Albert, Carl, 53, 60–65, 89, 93–94, 268, 346

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), 312

American exceptionalism, 81, 293

American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), 311

American Federation of Teachers (AFT), 311

American Heritage Center, 18, 109

American labor movement, 293

American Medical Association (AMA), 305, 313–314, 319

American National Election Studies (ANES), 13, 158–159, 177, 183, 254

American political development (APD), 26–27, 54, 65, 69–70, 75, 80–82, 84–87, 91, 94–98, 268, 298, 300, 304, 319–311

American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), 287

American Voter, The, 39

Appropriations Committee, 48, 223, 225, 227–228, 236

archival collections: businesses; church archives; local and state government; military; municipal; organizations; personal papers (general manuscript collections), 142, 142, 142, 271–292, 142, 277–280, 87, 142, 239, 248–250, 254, 280, 86, 141, 209, 239–240, 251–261

archival record: interpreting, 63–64, 80, 83, 88–90, 169–170, 172–173, 217–219, 242–243, 259–261, 285

Archival Research Catalog (ARC), 211

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